i was thinking 1-3 different types, 1 for sporks, one for t-shirts, jackets, and another for toys/lawn furniture. i readily admit i don’t know enough about plastics processing. i was further imagining broken, worn, stained, fallen out of fashion could be ground down and reformed by some advanced 3d printer. but i can constrain my own thoughts, i can see impediments- technical or behavior(desire to purchase). dream with me anyway.
a few of you have new and interesting takes on the issue for me to consider. but what about the millions of tons of plastic that have worked its way into the oceans? and if landfill space isn’t an issue why are we shipping it off to foreign countries? seems like recycling is a very loose loop but if we keep at it, it could become tighter. i think it would be cool if various resources, some day, could be recycled on a household level- like water foremost and eventually plastics, organics
In many cases the lanes weren’t designed for zipper merging or drivers “zipper merge” at inappropriate places. Zipper merge is great! But not all merging is to be a zipper merge- this is constantly abused, and perhaps justified in the minds of offenders under the guise of the zip. A lane, such as an entrance lane, that terminates is a good time to zipper merge. But many many times, in Minnesota, people use any lane that allows them to cut to the front of the line. Regardless if that causes a massive slowdown as they leave the relatively free flowing lane and “zipper merge” - match speed of the slow lane. Articles would do well to mention the finer points before ushering us to 10% gains... maybe.